No Rose in a Garden Ever Grew- No rose that in a garden ever grew,In Homer's or in Omar's or in mine,Though buried under centuries of fine dead dust of roses,shut from sun and dew Forever,and forever lost from view,But must again in fragrance rich as wine,The grey aisles of the air incarnadineWhen the old summers surge into a new.Thus when I swear, "I love with all my heart,"'Tis with the heart of Lilith that I swear,'Tis with the love of Lesbia and Lucrece;And thus as well my love must lose some partOf what it is, had Helen been less fair,Or perished young, or stayed at home in Greece~Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Pictures on our page- (Edna St. Vincent Millay at Vassar College) Genthe, Arnold. "Edna St. Vincent Millay." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 1923. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay.
Sources- McClatchy, J. D., ed. Edna St. Vincent Millay Selected Poems. Print. "Edna St. Vincent Millay." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay. St. Vincent Millay, Edna. "Alms by Edna St. Vincent Millay." PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of Poems and Poets.. Poetry Search Engine. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alms/>.
Facts about Edna St. Vincent Millay:
- She was born in February 22, 1892
Edna St. Vincent Millay at Vassar College
- By 1912 she was already famous (only at 18.)
- 5 years later her first book appeared (1917)
- Died October 19, 1950.
- in 1952 it was, "unfashionable" to admire Edna St. Vincent Millays work.
- Edna once blamed her fall on her political activism.
- Alcohol and drug addiction in the last 15 years of her life most likely drained her of a lot of energy.
- She was brought down and discouraged by some just because she was a woman.
- Died at age 58.
- Romance was the theme of her poems.
- Graduated from Vassar College in 1917.
- Born in Rockland, Maine.
- Her original name was Vincent.
- Her brother was a sailor.
- Her poem Renasrence, got her a scholarship to college.
- She wrote and directed her own play called, The Princess Marries the Page.
- Edna married Eugen Boissevain.
- In 1921 Edna wrote an antiwar play which hurt her reputation.
- In 1927 Edna was arrested for loitering.
- She was the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- Edna was known for her many love affairs.
- She happened to be openly bisexual at the time she lived in New York.
- In 1944 Edna had a mental break-down so she couldn't write for two years.
- She died at age 58 when she fell down the staircase in her own house.
- Her husband past away from having a stoke. He had Lung Cancer, surgery. then a stroke.
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Our Poem:
No Rose in a Garden Ever Grew-
No rose that in a garden ever grew,In Homer's or in Omar's or in mine,Though buried under centuries of fine dead dust of roses,shut from sun and dew Forever,and forever lost from view,But must again in fragrance rich as wine,The grey aisles of the air incarnadineWhen the old summers surge into a new.Thus when I swear, "I love with all my heart,"'Tis with the heart of Lilith that I swear,'Tis with the love of Lesbia and Lucrece;And thus as well my love must lose some partOf what it is, had Helen been less fair,Or perished young, or stayed at home in Greece~Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sites:
Pictures on our page-
(Edna St. Vincent Millay at Vassar College) Genthe, Arnold. "Edna St. Vincent Millay." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 1923. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay.
(Edna as a baby) "Wednesday Women- Edna St Vincent Millay." Bohemian Pages. Web. 01 Feb. 2011. <http://bohemianpages.blogspot.com/2010/07/vincent.html>.
(Edna St. Vincent Millay)O'Rourke, Meghan. " - By Meghan O'Rourke." Slate Magazine. Web. 02 Feb. 2011. <http://www.slate.com/id/2057858/>.
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Sources-
McClatchy, J. D., ed. Edna St. Vincent Millay Selected Poems. Print.
"Edna St. Vincent Millay." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay.
St. Vincent Millay, Edna. "Alms by Edna St. Vincent Millay." PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of Poems and Poets.. Poetry Search Engine. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alms/>.